Inside the blue flame

Inside the blue flame

You said my name

With such reverence

Reminding me to stay

Close to the path of love

Even admist the most horrendous of pain

You suffered

From the wounds they gave

To you

Enduring the trial

Of your own cross

And even then you understood because you said

Father forgive them

For they know not what they do

You came too

As an awakener

That forces of repression

Tried to put to death

But you reminded me long ago

That in time your spirit rose again

After your ordeal with fire

And death by water

So again this afternoon I heard your words

She who is close to me

Is close to the fire

And as the Sufis say

Love is a fire

Burning the soul clean

Reshaping us through those wounds

We so often fear

We can never have the capacity

To fully contain

For when we reach for you

Your love and strength is always there

Only as close

As a prayer